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TIL only 7 artists have sold over 250 million albums. 4 of them are British.

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78EA7 TIL When Einstein and his wife Mileva Maric divorced, his son Hans Albert had a grudge against his father and when he said he wanted to be an engineer at 15 which made Einstein furious
P1NbJ TIL that coffee is believed to have been discovered by a shepherd when he saw his sheep becomes more active when eating coffee plants
9w1b7 TIL about the Xi'an Stele. A Chinese-Christian artifact that documents the rise of christianity in china in the VII century
oBZ1K TIL that John Adams (successfully) defended the British Troops in their murder trial, sealing his reputation as one of the best lawyers in Massachusetts at age 35
epbYJ TIL that Cliff Richard's record label EMI declined to release "The Millennium Prayer" in 1999, leading to him approaching an independent label instead. It became his 14th UK #1 single.